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Rosebery Housing Association

Our first Annual Report for Rosebery.

In January 2013 we won a six-agency pitch to work

with Rosebery Housing. The pitch was for a three

year contract to design and produce their quarterly

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Rosebery Annual Report 2012/13 Rosebery Annual Report 2012/13
newsletter and annual report.TELLING ROSEBERY WHAT WE THINKTHE RESIDENT PANEL SAYS ROSEBERY SHOULD PROMISE TO:
•Continue supporting the Resident Panel’s • Publish feedback on the website from Walk
It’s very important that Rosebery understands how we feel about their services. As the Resident ceovemrymyitemaer,nitntcolucdainrrgyiinmgpoleumt 2ensteinrgvictheerierviews AwbhoetuhteTraalknyApbroubtlemvesnwtse. rTehisdewniltlifisehdowinrleoscidael nts
HOW IS ROSEBERY PERFORMING?Panel, we carry out regular reviews of the organisation’s services and we see change happen andimprovementsbeingmade. Therearelotsof differentwaysforyoutotllRosberyyourrecommendations or explaining the reasons why it’s not possible for things to be changed.neighbourhoods, and explain what staff are doing to sort them out.
97 residents have worked views. Thisincludesthslikemysty shopping,WalkAboutTalkAbouts,e-surveysandfocus groups. Your opinions are valuable in helping Rosebery to improve services for all of us. •Hold regular meetings at sheltered schemes to talk with residents about any concerns they may have.
We manage the photography, print and fulfilment for with Rosebery to give feedback on services
£2,755.99 was givento residents from the LAST YEAR ROSEBERY PROMISED TO...Support the Resident Panel’s commitment to carrying out two more reviews. Then Rosebery
Brighter Future Bursary Fund, whichmeant they would go through the Panel’s recommendations and if they can’t carry them out, provide explanations for this.
coulstudyfornewqualifications or learn Rosebery says:
each edition.new skillsThe Resident Panel reviewed how we manage anti- social behaviour and they also looked at our repairs process. A total of 34 recommendations were carried out by our staff over the last 12 months.Resident Joy Housen and her family in Rosebery Park
Four residents applied to the Bursary Fund,
to study subjects such asaccounting,beautyAdvertise for new members of the Resident Panel, with the aim of recruiting.
therapy,photographyand tourism management Rosebery says: We put posters in our reception area, communal areas of our estates, and on our website to advertise for new members of the
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positive impact and been involved in checking our services.
We’ve designed the newsletter to stand-out-from-the- Mystery shopping Refresh and update the tenant’s handbook, getting views from residents on how it should be designed and what information it should include.
was re-launched, with more residents Rosebery says: We held a focus group session last year, where a group
contacting us through phone and email to of residents compared our current handbook with handbooks from other housing associations. We took their views on board when we decided on the
crowd by making it 20% larger than A4-size; so it has check how we reply.design of the new handbook and we also carried out an e-survey and put a display board in our reception area, to encourage more feedback.
Train up a group of residents to become Estate Champions. Their job will be to check whether
communal repairs and cleaning are completed to a good standard, and report things like graffiti so we can put it right.
Rosebery says: There have been 2 parts to this project. We wanted to
more room for the articles to breath – but with no get the scheme off the ground properly, so we’ve spent time writing a plan, recruiting and training residents. We’re now ready to launch the project and
we’ll update you on how it’s going in future editions of Streets Ahead.

Ms Webb, 25, resident from West Ewell, said:Rosebery held a Picnic in the Park event for its
additional cost in production.“I was flicking through a past copy of Streets Ahead when I read a Qreuseideenn’stsD, tioamceolnedbrJautebiltehe.
story about a resident who’d been given a grant to do a training course from the Brighter Future Fund. I called Rosebery and found Free entertainment was organised for people of all
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treatments like eyelash perming and tinting. Thanks to Rosebery, I’m finally following my dream to become a beauty therapist.wall,creamteasandjive dancing.“

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• NW e a w t e r p s l e a d y g a e r e a a r s e a w e r e d e s i g n e d a n d i n s t a l l e d i n t h e• Many gardens had railings put in to increase residents’ privacyre-tarmaced,whichmeanstebackgardenlooks somuchbetter andLAST YEAR ROSEBERY PROMISED TO....daehAsteertSfosnoitideerutuf ni gniogs’ti wohnouoyetadpull’ew
were innovative and their costs demonstrated excellent value for money• Concrete on the footpaths were renewed to prevent accidents• Drying areas were re-tarmaced to improve their appearanceresitsarehappiertogooutthere and mix together. The improvements have made such a difference to our Support a review of anti-social behaviour (ASB) by the Resident Panel. And carry out their list of recommendations, or explain why they are unrealistic.,nalpagnitirwemittnepsev’ewos,ylreporpdnuorgehtffoemehcsehtteg dnatcejorpehthcnualotydaerwoner’eW.stnedisergniniartdnagnitiurcer
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